Improvement in neck-band sharers



I. L. VOLK. Neck-Band Shaper.

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FRIEDRICH L. VOLK, ornnw YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-BAND SHAPE RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,3241, datedNovember 4, 1879; application filed May 27, 1879.

- an improved shaping-block for the neck-bands of bosom-shirts, whichblock is used in connection with the bosom'boards, and readily adjustedfor each size of neck-band, so as to facilitate the ironing ofbosom-shirts and impart to the neckbands at the same time their propershape andpositipn.

The invention consists of a T-shaped endpiece that is permanentlysecured to the narrow end of the bosom-board, and on which the V-shapedadjustable main block is guided and tightly clamped, in connection withauxiliary extension-pieces of different thickness,

attached by guide-pins and sockets to the cross-piece of the T-piece,for adapting the block to any size of neck-band.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a T-shaped end-piece of myimproved shapingblock for neck-bands, the cross-piece of which ispermanently attached by screws to the narrow end of the bosom board, asshown in Fig: ll

The slotted dovetailed center-piece extends at right angles from thecross-piece in the direction of the center-line. of the bosom-board, andserves to guide a correspondingly recessed V-shaped main block 13, whichis furthermore guided by steadying-pins a, one at each side of thecenter-piece, the pins enterin g socket-holes a of the main block 13.

The sides of the main block are convexly curved, so as to correspond tothe curvature of the neck-band.

The main block may be adjusted on the centerpiece and steadying-pins toa distance of half an inch or more from the cross-piece,

serving for shaping neck-bands of fourteen inches when moved up close tothe cross-piece, and neck-bands of fourteen and onehalf inches when setat a distance from the crosspiece.

A screw-bolt and thumb-nut, b I), serve to clamp the main block rigidlyto the center piece, so that the same is retained at the proper distancefrom the cross-piece.

Auxiliary extension-pieces O and U serve for enlarging theshaping-block, the narrower piece 0 being half an inch, the wider oneinch, in width. They areiconnected to the cross piece by fixed pins 01,which are inserted into socketholes of the cross-piece.

The ends of the extension-pieces O and G are inclined or slightlycurved, so as to form extensions of the sides of the cross-piece andmain block.

The extension-pieces serve, in connection with the adjustment of themain block, for setting the shaping device for neck-hands of fifteen andfifteen and one-half inches and sixteen and sixteen and one-half inches,respectively.

The shapingdevice is used as follows: The shirt is placed in position onthe bosom-hoard with the neck-hand around the shaping-block. The latteris adjusted to the size of the neckband, according to the number markedthereon. The smoothing-iron is then passed over the bosom and along theshapingblock, by which operation the neck-band is ironed at the sametime, and thus the proper shape and finish are imparted theretowithoutthe trouble and loss of time at present experienced by the ironing of the neck-bands.

By thus imparting to the neckband its proper shape, it fits better onthe neck and dispenses with the puckerin g or other annoyin girregularities of the same.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of a fixed T-shaped end-piece, A,of the ironing-board with an adjustable \l-shaped main block, B, andwith interchangeable extension-pieces G O of different widths,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a fixed T-shaped end-piece, A havingsteadying-pins a a, of a my invention 1 have signed my name inpresrecessed V-shaped main block, B, guided and once of two witnesses,this 26th day of May, ehunped at one side of the T-piece with in- 1879.

tercha-ngeable extension-pieces O C, of differ- FRIEDRICH L. VOLK. entwidths, at the other side of the T-piece, Vitnesses: substantially asspecified. PAUL GoEPEL,

In testimony that- I claim the foregoing as CARL KARI.

